COMMUNITIES

HARTFORD - Electric car-maker Tesla Motors is offering to make some compromises to help pass legislation allowing direct sales to Connecticut consumers. The California company notified state legislators on Tuesday that it would agree to a limited number of sales locations in the state, capped at five. Tesla also said it would agree to language in the bill limiting direct sales to only manufacturers producing solely electric vehicles and those who don't currently use any independent...

NEW HAVEN - A Connecticut man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for distributing heroin linked to an overdose death. Twenty-nine-year-old Ryan Russow of Milford was sentenced Monday in New Haven to five years and five...

Sprigs & Twigs, a landscape design and lawn care service provider, announced that two of its staff members were named accredited Organic Land Care professionals through the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s accreditation program.

HARTFORD - A Connecticut man is headed toward trial to fight allegations that he made threatening comments about a state judge who was overseeing his divorce case.Jury selection is scheduled to begin Wednesday in Middletown Superior Court...

HARTFORD - More Connecticut billionaires have made it this year onto Forbes magazine's annual list of "The 500 Richest People in the World."Sixteen state residents are on the annual Forbes list, up from 13 last year.Topping the...